Poisoned His Wife<\/p>\n
A special from Williamston, NC, of July 24th, to the News and Observer, contains the following horrible account of a man poisoning his wife:<\/p>\n
On Thursday last one Theodore COUNCIL<\/strong>, a young man about 22 years old, white, went to the town of Robertsonville, in this county, accompanied by his wife. \u00a0He called at the store of J.W. ANDERSON & Co.<\/strong>, and bought a package of rough on rats. \u00a0He asked at the time if it would kill a person. \u00a0The clerk told him it would. \u00a0he then procured some whiskey and deposited the rough on rats in it. \u00a0On his return home he induced his wife to drink it and before getting to her home she was taken deathly sick. \u00a0He took her home and pretended to go for a physician, but did not go and left her there to die, and has fled. \u00a0She died very suddenly on last Friday morning. \u00a0It was not till her father was sent for, and he went for a physician, that the above facts were brought out. \u00a0Her remains are buried. \u00a0Upon investigation the fact that a murder had been committed became so plain that a coroner’s inquest and post mortem examination was demanded. \u00a0The lady’s remains were disinterred on yesterday, and a post mortem examination made by Dr. W.H. HARRELL, county superintendent of the board of health. \u00a0The coroner’s jury has been on the case since Monday, and rendered a verdict today of murder. \u00a0COUNCIL is still at large and strenuous effort is being made to arrest.<\/p>\n
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